The Witch's Daughter Author:Nina Bawden Perdita is very lonely in her tumbledown house by the loch. an orphan, said to be the daughter of a witch, she never goes to school and has no friends. — But then strangers begin to arrive on the island. Before long, Perdita is at the centre of a great adventure involving hidden treasure, a mysterious secret, and the first real friendship of her ... more »life.
A fascinating, immensely readable mystery story, tinged with sadness, by the author of CARRIE'S WAR and THE PEPPERMINT PIG.« less